Automobile seat heat insulator



Filed Aug. 28, 1929 Patented May 31', 1932 UNITED STATES LEICESTER B. sAwYEE, or AUBURN, .NEW YORK, AssIenoE ro THE ritoTEcrAHoon CORPORATION, or AUBURN,1\TEW YORK; A coaroimcrron on NEW .YORK

AUTOMOBILE SEAT EArINsuL 'ron 1 Application filed August 28, 1929. Serial 383,005; 1

This invention relates to improvements in means for insulating or protecting the seat of an automobile from heat dissipated or radiated from the motor of an automobile.

One of the principle features of present day automobile construction, is the tendency toward high compression motor units. With these motors of comparatively higher compression, .a much larger amount of heat is generated and the heated air entering the front seat compartment of the automobile appreciably affects the comfort of the passenger. Again, in a large number of cars,

the exhaust pipe and the muffler is located almost directly under the front seat. The heated air rising from this pipe and the mufiler gradually heats up the seat, further affecting the comfort of the passenger. In" view of this, the present invention has for its primary purpose the provision of an insulating element to prevent any heated air coming in contact with the bottom of the seat or passing through any openings in the fiooring'of the car beneath the seat. t

In a number of instances, the carsare so constructed that there is a cavity below the seat cushion for the storage of the tools usually carried in a car. Accordingly, the present insulating member is preferably formed with a hinge portion adapted to be permanently attached below the seat cushion and a body portion hinged thereto, whereby a depression or cavity 10 beneath the seat for the storage of tools. -At-the rear ofsaid cavitythere is usually a strip of wood :11,- while at the front there is a pair of upright strips'ofwood 12 and one or more horizontal volume of air strips 13. g In accordance with the present lnvention, the insulating member is of sheet likefrmation, as shown in Fig.- 1. It'may, t of course, bemade of various heat insulating material, but,'in the present instance, it. is, shown as consisting of a sheet of asbestos paper lalined on its upper surface withjute board 15. This composite sheet conforms in size to that of the' bottom of the, seat cushion so as to seal off, so to speak, the" entire space beneath the cushion, regardless. of whether or not the tool chest 10 extends the full width of the seat. This is important because, in

some cars, the tool chest extends only par tially across the car, an openinglbeing left beneath the seatfor the batteries and a large gains access to the seat through suchopening. i

Preferably, this sheet is formed with a crease 16 extending acro'ssit rather close to'j one edge thereof. 7 This crease divides the sheet into whatis termed the hinge portion.

17 and the body portion 18. In installing the insulator thehinge portion 17 is permanently attached to thewood strip 11 at the rear of tool chest 10 with the hinged body .portion18 rest-V ing at its forward edge on the strip or strips i 13, said forward edge having portions cut out as'at- 19 for accommodation of the upright pieces 12. 1

When'the seat cushion is in place the entire bottom thereof is protected by the insulator and practically no hot air from the motor or the exhaust pipe and muffler can come into contact therewith. This ittrue evenjthougli the machine be-of the type whereina por-. tion of the space beneath the cushion is left I open for the usual batteries as before mentioned. I What is claimed is:

'1. An accessory for use'directlybeneath the seat cushion of an automobile having a conduit for exhaustv gaseswhich passes beneath the cushion support (and adjacent a compartment accessible by displacing said "cushion comprising, a panel of heat insulating material. of substantially the same size and shapexas the cushion with which it is to be used, said panel having a scoreor crease t 10Q formed therein whichfdivides the panel into:

a narrow strip adapted to be secured to the cushion support along its rear edge, and a body portion integrally hinged at said score to said strip and displaceably covering and insulating said compartment and said conduit from heat transfer to said cushion.

2; An accessory for use directly beneaith I the seat cushion of an automobile having a conduit for exhaust gases which passes be-- neaththe cushion support andadjacent a compartment accessible bydisplacing said cushion comprising, a panel of heatinsulating material consisting of a sheet of'asbestos backed with a sheet of jute board said panel being of substantially the'saine size and shape as the cushion with which it is to be used, I

said panel having a score or crease formed therein which divides the panel into a narrow strip adapted to be securedfto the cushion support along its rear edge,-and a body portion integrally hinged at said score 7 to said stripfand displaceably'covering and insulating said compartment and said con-- d o he t t ansfer t a shion,- Y LEICESTER B. SAWYER. 

